Song Mingyue

Chapter 162 The Joint Trial of the Three Divisions (Second Change)

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Inside the dungeon, the iron gate rang, and Zhao Hao and his party, led by the jailer, walked slowly towards Gao Qiu's cell.

In front of the cell, Li Yun, the head of the new Imperial City Marriage Officer, was sitting on a small bench, with a small table in front of him, and the table was full of wine and vegetables. Have a good drink, and hum a little tune or two from time to time.

Zhao Hao was speechless for a while, although this guy is a Taoist leader, he knows how to enjoy it.

Zhao Hao didn't bother to pay attention to him, and went straight to the prison cell. Li Yun, Taoist Priest of Qingmu, discovered Zhao Hao's arrival and hurried forward to meet him. Zhao Hao waved his hand and looked into the cell through the fence.

Gao Qiu was lying on the straw, motionless, and there was a foul smell coming from the cell, which made Zhao Hao hold his nose.

Li Yun said with a chuckle: "This guy has finally become honest these days. For the first few days, he has been arguing with the little one every day."

The jailer at the side said weakly: "Later, Li Dutou urinated in it as soon as he heard his noise.

Zhao Hao: "..."

Fang Baihua and the others: "..."

Zhao Hao turned his head and waved his hands, and smiled at the jailer: "Thanks for your hard work, let's step back first."

The jailer hastily retreated.

After a while, Gao Qiu, who was in the straw bushes, finally woke up leisurely. When he saw Zhao Hao, he wiped his eyes, and suddenly a tiger leaped up, and charged towards Zhao Hao.

When he ran to the door of the cell, he stopped again, looked at Zhao Hao coldly, with a playful look in his eyes, and said with a smile: "Son Zhao Hao, twenty days have passed now, how is the progress of the investigation?"

Zhao Hao smiled lightly: "Taiwei Gaoqiu colluded with the Liao people, privately released the Liao people's spies into the paddock, and committed rebellion and regicide, the evidence is conclusive and ironclad!
Gao Qiu was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed loudly: "The evidence is as solid as a mountain? You are the culprit, where is the iron proof?"

Zhao Hao smiled calmly: "With the letters from your residence as evidence, His Majesty has checked and confirmed that it is correct."

Gao Qiu's expression changed in an instant, his face became as pale as white paper, and he roared: "Even though I have correspondence with the Liao people, how can there be any letters of rebellion? You guys concocted letters to frame me, Your Majesty Calligraphers, how can you ignore it?"

Zhao Hao smiled without saying a word.

Gao Qiu's eyes were lost, he thought about it carefully, and then pointed at Zhao Hao and cursed viciously: "Son Zhao Hao, how can it be so easy to frame him? Even if His Majesty believes it, I, as a second-rank official, If you want to punish me, you need a joint trial by the three divisions to convict me, how did your concocted letter pass the joint trial of the three divisions, and how do you explain the soldiers and horses that disappeared for no reason?"

At this point, there was a pause in the voice, and then he laughed wildly again: "You can slander in every possible way, and the day of the trial of the three divisions will be the day when you show your fox tail and the day when the truth will be revealed! Your death date has come!"

Zhao Hao looked at him with pity, sighed slightly, didn't speak any more, just turned around and left, and took Daoist Aoki away before leaving.

Gao Qiu was right, even Zhao Ji, a second-rank official like him, could not be convicted directly, and had to go through the joint trial of the third division, and he only needed to hand over the evidence to the Ministry of Punishment.

Gao Qiu looked at the back of Zhao Hao leaving, with extreme resentment in his eyes, and muttered to himself: "The third division is under the control of the husband. Would you stand by and watch?"

This sentence is more of a self-comforting element. Since his accident, Cai Jing's party has never visited him.

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In the early morning of the next day, hundreds of imperial troops and soldiers from the imperial city rushed into the Taiwei's mansion and began to search it.

The inspection of the Taiwei's Mansion was not done by Zhao Hao's Imperial City Secretary independently, Yang Jian, Tong Guan and others were also accompanying him. Zhao Ji's balance skills have always been very smooth, not to mention Gao Qiushi, who has been with him for 20 years. , although the evidence is solid, but there is still a little doubt in his heart.

After searching for half a day, the open space in the front yard of Taiwei's mansion was piled full of money and valuables.

There are millions of coins in cash, piled up to form a huge mountain of money. In addition, there are countless precious items such as jade, pearls, jade, agate, coral, ivory, calligraphy and paintings of former celebrities, especially those Pearls and precious stones are measured by buckets.

There are also boxes and boxes of Qian Yin, and according to preliminary statistics, there are 300 million coins, which is too much for everyone.

With so much wealth accumulated in the courtyard, not only the soldiers were dazzled and salivated secretly, even Tong Guan and Yang Jian's eyes were shining, but there was Zhao Hao beside him, who dared not move even though his heart was itching.

"His Majesty is here!"

Following the loud and spy's voice in front of them, everyone's expressions changed drastically, and they hurriedly turned their heads to see countless palace guards, surrounded by Zhao Ji's Luanjia, followed by Liang Shicheng and other servants.

Zhao Hao, Tong Guan and Yang Jian rushed forward to meet the officials.

Zhao Ji slowly got off the Luanjia, and accompanied by the three of them, he came to the shocking pile of wealth, with twinkling eyes and uncertain face.

"I never imagined that this fellow Gao Qi would steal so much money from me all these years. It's really disgusting!"

Just when Zhao Ji was secretly sulking, the things that were found in the next search gradually became more and more wrong.

There are thousands of battle armors and hundreds of powerful crossbows, among which there are dozens of divine weapons and arm crossbows... Zhao Ji's face became more and more gloomy, and his eyes became murderous.

Immediately afterwards, they confiscated the Minghuang Mianfu, the 24-pronged Mianguan, and the imperial decree... At this moment, not only Zhao Ji's face changed drastically, but even Zhao Hao couldn't help but feel moved.

Cai Jing's party is really ruthless. In order to protect himself, he completely cut off Gao Qi's retreat.

Zhao Ji was so angry that his face was livid, and Liang Shicheng on the other side added fuel to the fire: "What does Gao Qi, a traitor, want to do? He controls the Sanya Jingshi Imperial Army, so he wants to change the army?"

This sentence sent chills down Zhao Hao's spine.This is completely a heart-wrenching statement. The Taizu of this dynasty started with a mutiny, and every precaution is to guard against this matter. He is still guarding against it until the country is destroyed...

Zhao Ji couldn't stand it any longer, and said coldly to Zhao Hao: "You wait for the good students to search, I'm driving you back to the palace."

The murderous aura in Zhao Ji's eyes almost broke through the sky, the hatred in his heart, he just wished to tear Gao Qi into pieces, and he didn't bother to picket all kinds of details.

Zhao Hao, Tong Guan, and Yang Jian sent Zhao Ji off, and their hearts became more and more gloomy. The so-called wall is falling and everyone is pushing it.

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At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the system of the Tang Dynasty was followed, and in the center, the judicial institution was Dali Temple.The review agency for the judgment of Dali Temple is the Ministry of Punishment.During Song Taizong's reign, a trial court was set up in the palace, and the review power of Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment was assigned to the trial court.During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, the power of review by Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment was restored.In addition to the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the Song Dynasty also had the Yushitai, which enjoyed the power of adjudicating officials who violated the law in addition to the supervisory power. Therefore, the judicial power in the Song Dynasty was also mainly exercised by the Dali Temple, the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and the Yushitai.

Therefore, the three divisions of the Song Dynasty jointly tried, that is, the three yamen of Dali Temple, the Ministry of Justice and Yushitai jointly tried.

The Sanfa Division set up a torture hall outside the Daqing Gate, and the six nine ministers tried Gao Qiu, and ordered several ministers and imperial relatives to rank together.Although Gao Qiu was in a panic in prison, he was excited again after hearing the interrogation of the third division.

The Secretary of the Imperial City picked up Gao Qiu and escorted him to Daqing Gate. Gao Qiu looked around and saw that the three divisions were facing each other. They were all old acquaintances and comrades in arms, so he felt at ease.Especially when I saw behind the third secretary in the hall, there were old brother Yang Jian, the king of Jinkang County who had always been very close, and Zuo Xiangbai Shizhong, and I felt more at ease.

He walked over in a steady manner without haste, and after giving a salute to the hall with a calm expression, he suddenly fell to the ground and cried: "My lords, Gao has been wronged... I ask you to make decisions for me!"

In the whole hall, there are a few who were not his guests before, a few who did not take advantage of him, and even many people who were recommended by him. This is really a meeting of relatives, and both of them are tearful ah.

When he came, he had already prepared the draft, how to reverse the case, how to counter-accuse Zhao Hao of using sorcery to harm His Majesty, etc., he had already prepared it well, now that the judges are probably his own people, how could he not like it?
"Come here, take the prisoner Gao Qiu down first, and punish him with twenty sticks!" A shrill voice sounded from the hall, causing Gao Qiu's expression to change drastically.

Suddenly he raised his head, and saw that the speaker was wearing a high-grade purple robe, with a white face and big ears, and a face full of savagery. It was his old brother Yang Jian.

Gao Qiu was stunned for a moment, looked at Yang Jian suspiciously, and said dully, "Zijian, you..."

Hearing that Gao Qiu was addressing him by his name affectionately, Yang Jian was furious, and shouted sharply: "I offend Gao Qiu, how dare you call me by my official name, ignore the court rules, and pull me down!"

At this moment, Gao Qi was cold from head to toe, as if falling into a cellar of ice, he finally understood.This former old brother, not only won't help him, but will add insult to injury and step on him a few times.

Disappointment, anger, sadness, resentment... Various emotions flooded Gao Qiu's heart, making his heart ashamed.

Gao Qiu shook his iron shackles, and with a growl he was about to pounce on him. Yang Jian sat with his legs crossed and pointed at him with a finger. Two of the following imperial guards rushed out and killed Gao Qiu. hold down.

Yang Jian said slowly: "Come on, give us some energy, and serve Taiwei Gao well, don't act like you haven't eaten."

The two heads immediately pushed Gao Qiu to the ground, and waved their hands to let the servants standing on both sides of the stick to torture.

Gao Qiu was furious and roared, "Yang Jian, you eunuch, how dare you lynch me?"

Yang Jian rolled his eyes and said disdainfully: "Three judges will interrogate, and the prisoner must be tortured first, and then the case will be tried. This is called miscellaneous governance. It's like suing an official by the people, and suing the Dali Temple, then you have to roll the nails first." It’s like accepting your case, isn’t it, my lords?”

The three heads of the Ministry of Justice, Yushitai, and Dali Temple clasped their hands together and said: "What the Taifu said is true."

Yang Jian snorted, withdrew his smile, and shouted, "Hit me hard!"

(End of this chapter)